ECAC Surviving Spouse Information

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This guide can help you prepare, make decisions, and ease the financial,  medical, and property transition for your family after you're gone. For  our PREMIUM and LIFE Members, benefits and financial counseling with  MOAA staff experts can assist you through this process. Sign up for LIFE  membership today and your spouse will maintain a LIFE membership with  access to all benefits upon your death.

Following the death of a loved one, it can be overwhelming to keep track  of what arrangements need to be made, who needs to be contacted, and  notes on important phone calls. Designed by surviving spouses, this  handbook is intended to help you do just that.

Use this resource for planning and decision-making regarding military burials and rights and to create a plan for the future.

Losing a loved one is never easy, and each person's experience is  different. This publication is meant to help you recognize and  understand some of the aspects of the grieving process and help guide  you through this difficult time.

Keep this essential checklist on hand to refer to when dealing with a death in the family.

2021 Veterans Administration Power Point slide deck of survivor & widow benefits.

Click here to download Marilyn's Surviving Spouse & Legal Benefits Information Sheet.

MOAA's Transition Guide offers advice about post-service education,  career strategies, and personal matters like household finances and  health care options.

Changing jobs can be stressful and challenging - especially when it's a  transition from the military to the private sector.  MOAA's experts have  been assisting officers in this transition period for decades and have  created this publication to guide you through the various steps and  aspects of your transition.  For our PREMIUM and LIFE Members, MOAA's  transition staff provide one-on-one counseling, interview practice,  resume critiques, and other tools to assist in this process.

This simple-to-use checklist highlights steps to prepare for retirement  and the necessities for the applications process for retired pay.

Military Retirement is an application intended to assist military  personnel from all branches of military service by informing them of  their benefits upon retirement from military service. Military  Retirement gives assistance by calculating an estimation of retirement  pay based on your personal information. Military Retirement incorporates  four years of pay tables to provide the highest degree of accuracy.  Compare multiple scenarios to determine which retirement option is best  for you.

MOAA has created this workbook to assist you early in your military  career in gathering all of your family's crucial information in one  place to save digitally or print for your records.

Whether you're debating the merits of a career-starter loan or shopping  for annuities, MOAA wants to help make these financial decisions easier  for you to understand. In this publication, our staff experts discuss  numerous situations and, for our PREMIUM and LIFE members, provide  further counseling on issues discussed in the guide and additional  topics not covered.

Your future retirement depends on how well you save and invest. Let MOAA  experts provide you the guidance you need with this resource.

Transitioning to new medical coverage when reaching age 65 can seem like  a daunting task. MOAA has created a publication and included a  checklist to help you prepare for, transition into, and understand  TRICARE For Life and Medicare with confidence and ease. For our PREMIUM  and LIFE Members, benefits counseling with MOAA staff experts will  assist in troubleshooting questions specific to your situation.

Maintaining an estate plan should be a priority for everyone. Use this MOAA resource to develop yours.

Use this publication, which includes worksheets, to help you in making your Survivor Benefit Plan decisions.